I was reading Howard Schultz's message to his employees on Starbucks website. I was astonished after reading:
Each month, after a 30-day closing notice has been communicated to all affected partners, we will post a list of the stores that are scheduled to close.
I am putting myself in a Starbucks employee's shoes. Everyday from now on, I wake up and ask myself whether an envelope from Seattle has been delivered to the coffee shop in which I work.
I mean: they decided which stores to close but are communicating just 30 days before? And month by month?
It sounds to me horrible. In Italy labor unions are too strong and if you have a company you really cannot fire anybody until s/he dies... But it seems to me that treating people like that does not help the economy to recover. How can you think you can motivate people if they know you are ready to abandon them?